About

King County Parks has evolved from 150 acres in 1938 to more than 26,000 acres today. Our mission is to serve communities and enhance regional quality of life through partnerships, entrepreneurial initiatives, and sound stewardship of parks, trails and public open space. Per our business plan, we also seek to cultivate strong relationships with non-profit, corporate and community partner to enhance park amenities for King County residents while leveraging taxpayers' dollars.

King County Parks is largely funded through a property tax levy, which the voters of King County approved on August 6, 2013 by more than 70 percent. The Parks, Trails, and Open Space Replacement Levy will generate an estimated $66 million per year from 2014 through 2019 through a CPI-indexed property tax levy lid lift of 18.77 cents per $1,000 of assessed value – an estimated $56 per year for the owner of a home valued at $300,000. It replaced two parks levies, the King County Parks Levy and the Open Space and Trails Levy, which expired at the end of 2013.